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NLC President Marie Lopez Rogers has appointed a 15-member Nominating Committee that will be responsible for recommending a slate of Officers and Board members to lead NLC in 2014. The committee will hold a public hearing to receive nominations during the Seattle Congress of Cities.

The National League of Cities urges Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown because the economic impacts of this are real, and our neighborhoods and families are unfortunately bearing the brunt.

The National League of Cities is participating in the 2013 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders in the City of Rabat, Morocco. UCLG’s World Summit brings together local and regional elected leaders from across the globe.

“What a shame that Congress couldn't get its act together to fund the federal government. Instead, for the first time in 17 years, the federal government is now shutdown except for essential workers," says Clarence Anthony, Executive Director of NLC.

The State and Local Legal Center is hosting a free webinar on October 22 to preview the significant Supreme Court cases affecting state and local government in the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court October Term.

Allan Golston, president of the United States Program for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the newest addition to the exciting line-up of speakers for the opening general session of NLC’s upcoming Summit on Your City’s Families (Nov. 12-14 in Seattle).

With assistance from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, NLC's YEF Institute will engage with city leaders to ensure the healthy development and education of children through partnership building and promoting parent engagement, among other strategies.